Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

I had a good trip, came home a bit early, we were just ready to come home. I hope you all had a good week. I’ll check in later.

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning.
It’s 68 and going to 98 today in Wichita. A repeat of yesterday.

Yesterday spent the whole day in a classroom that was a cold enough to hang Kansas beef in. It actually felt good to go outside and go to lunch. So far class has been pretty slow paced, but they might just be taking it easy on us for the first day. There’s six in the class, 4 of us, a beautiful young girl right out of college and a very sharp guy from Brazil.
After class we went to the Cessna plant to see our plane, hopefully it will be ready by the time we finish up. It is amazing how much area they have under roof and climate controlled.

Gotta grab some breakfast and head off to school now.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, seems to be drying out nicely
Little sleep and lots of day work+rain-so nothing done outside
New tire came for Lawn Tractor-shipped with label stuck to tire-no other packaging, will need to put on

At some point will need to widen swale/trench to take more water. We may get another 7-10 inches with all the climate changes. This house was built in the 80's and the trench used to be about 2'x2', and handled the water coming down hill quit well. I have at spots 5'x3' deep and it still overflowed. Calculated 4"/hour rain, but did not calculate wind pushing the water back uphill (good for surfing?). so a little wider to allow for that. crazy.


Sodamo-that tile looks nice, project is certainly coming together.
PopG - never got to visit Cessna plant while I was there, sounds like a fun break to class.

Stay safe and be well

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 53 now, 73 later. Felt it on the bike this morning. Had to stop twice for deer standing in the road.

Hope everyone’s dogs and cats heal. Have to add this picture. Louie has claimed
The trash can in the kitchen as his throne. It is a treat lifting the life with a 25# cat sitting on it



Everyone stay safe out there

 

[txdon]

Ha, Rich B1, if you move the mouse your cat may not have to sit on the garbage can, that is a scary mouse.

Good morning! Unbelievable 56˚F but best it feels 56 so Tempest is right. Need to leave soon to take Whipper for her procedure.

 

[Rich B1]

Don,

He puts a lot of effort into moving his toys around the house. Lately, that particular mouse seems to be present quite a bit when he is in the room. He will carry it to which ever room he is going to be in, then lay it on the floor until he is ready to move on.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 54F @ 6:00 AM in Cambria, CA.
Radar shows rain at home, but there’s been nothing in the gauge. Supposed to clear by noon, so maybe Red Flag Warning will pass uneventfully.

so far, so good on the trip, with a boring ride down the valley on the slab, then delightfully cool temps on Highway 1 south of Monterrey. Mitsty skies with a few raindrops, just barely enough to get the road wet. Sun most of the way. In and out of traffic, typical low season tourist antics. I should slow down and enjoy the view, but it’s just too much fun on the gas. Some construction where huge sections of the road fell into the ocean last winter.

Headed east back into the heat today, but it’s rumored there’ll be a cold beer waiting for me.
More later…

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good morning! 53 now, 73 later. Felt it on the bike this morning. Had to stop twice for deer standing in the road.

Hope everyone’s dogs and cats heal. Have to add this picture. Louie has claimed
The trash can in the kitchen as his throne. It is a treat lifting the life with a 25# cat sitting on it



Everyone stay safe out there

Nothing that a laser pointer can’t solve.

 

[RoyJackson]

Nothing that a laser pointer can’t solve.

So true!!

 

[daugen]

one bucket of grout, two hours, ten feet, that's all my back will handle.
At least I caught up to the guys laying the flagstone.
What a lovely day to be outside
now to mow my lawn

 

[rswyan]

67F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to a high of 74F.

Another cool-ish day in the offing ... but the sun seems a lot more prevalent today so it will likely feel warmer ... if it stays out.

Ten Day looks absolutely gorgeous until Wednesday when there is a chance of scattered thunderstorms.

Fairly low winds today, so getting spraying done will be high on agenda.

There is a little section of border (200' ?) along the driveway next to the woods that is around 3' wide, that I told The Woman last night I plan on spraying and planting with wildflowers. It will need to have the overhanging branches trimmed back so that they get decent sun, but that needs done anyways for vehicle clearance.

Also need to finish up mowing on west side. Lower front was looking like it was due to be mowed again yesterday ... but I probably won't get to it today.

Will probably put grapple back on to move some more downed timber and tear out a stump adjacent to the pad on the south side of the pole barn.

Also put the pallet forks on and move that pallet of retaining wall block around to the back of the pole barn and move the pallet with the 65 gallon tank on it so I can spray that area again.

Other than that, we'll see what else comes up.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .57 inches rain

Priority to tile clean up

Need to do a PO run, also a trip to town

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

one bucket of grout, two hours, ten feet, that's all my back will handle.
At least I caught up to the guys laying the flagstone.
What a lovely day to be outside
now to mow my lawn

Looking good, Drew

 

[Thomas]

Have to add this picture. Louie has claimed
The trash can in the kitchen as his throne. It is a treat lifting the life with a 25# cat sitting on it



Everyone stay safe out there

That's one stern look being given.

 

[daugen]

Looking good, Drew

says our master tile artist!
thanks
even using a padded kneeler, two hours on my knees was enough.

mowed the lawn, pulled last of straggly zinnias out of veggie garden and
nice to see the very first radish shoots coming up. They really germinate quickly.

now I'm pooped but landlady is coming over this afternoon to get some eggplants I grew for her, small
but should be good. Mine never grow like the huge ones in the store, though I always wonder if the insides on those big
ones are good.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Rest of the potatoes are dug. Another 1.5 buckets. My best crop ever, all kennebec this year, no reds.

69° sitting on porch cooling off, with the outdoor kitty wanting rubbed constantly.
My storage bins came, gotta figure out how and where to mount them.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I bought a 24 pack of 7x4x3 bins. This was cheapest color. Yellow is highest price.

 

[txdon]

Good potato harvest Buckeye.

Excellent grouting Drew.

Kyle, Kyle ,Kyle, looks like the gator got more attention than deserved and an insect threw you a loop. But good news for you that is hard to find comes from ******. Your now natural immunity is 27 times higher than mine for not developing symptomatic COVID-19.
Israeli study: Natural immunity gives better protection than COVID shot

Whipper got finished with her test and results will be next week to see if she has Addison's disease. Time to take her for a walk on the trail.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 62F for the start. clear sky, light wind. Light to moderate wind, sky stayed mostly clear, and high temp was 90F and DP 51F. Cleaning lady prep to start day, bike ride, back on Volagi. After lunch and nap trip to Sherman, two young guys bought the bike shop, Chatted with ex owner for a minute they are moving closer to kids. Hope to get Peugeot back in 2 weeks. Wife got to shop at Bed,Bath and Beyond then to Red Lobster. They did poor job with crab legs this time .
Covid update: Cooke 3787 confirmed cases, 108 active cases, Montague 2216 confirmed cases, 88 active cases, Grayson, 13749 confirmed cases, 372 active cases. Cooke 20, Montague 16, Grayson 53, new cases.
David neat design, should look nice when cleaned and grouted. sorry about H&F
Roy could enjoy family time and new dog?
Ron good to hear day went well. Have fun with new project.
Drew sorry about shed delivery, last 2 FedEx deliveries had indirect routes, delayed delivery 1 day.
Thomas enjoy nap, and date night
Welcome back Randy.
Paul sorry room was so cold, hope week 1 goes better
Ken have been to several plants, had real good tour when I had a job interview there. Good luck with trench revisions.
Rich looks like he is daring you to get in the trash
Don 56F is down right cool.
RNG good to hear trip off to good start.
Roy that is funny!
Drew nice to be caught up
RS nice agenda.
Dennis nice place to keep hardware.
Don nice to know natural immunity better.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/wreck injuries not healing, Bird/aging issues/, Don/ring bearer/back broken, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments, PJ/FIL fall and stroke, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies/new cancer on arm, Thomas/gout, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder/Dad's passing, Grev/wife's eye, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery/Back issues, RNG/fire season, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

60F and clear @ 21:30, heading down to a low of 53F overnight.

Neighbor stopped by wanting his saw chain sharpened first thing, so we did that ... after I finished taking my shower ...

He offered to come down tomorrow and help move some dirt in exchange. Told him he didn't need to as he'd loaned me his roller but he insisted. And I'm happy to have the extra help.

While I was waiting for him to reappear I slipped the pallet forks on and moved the 65 gallon tank on the pallet to another location so I could spray where it had been sitting.

Then I moved that pallet of retaining wall blocks out of the barn to the back.

Having completed that I put the grapple on and handled some more downed trees/logs once we got the saw chain sharpened.

After I finished that, put the sprayer on and sprayed north, south, and back side (east) of pole barn. Also sprayed east and west side of the frog pond and the east side of the house.

Discovered some wildflowers growing on the north side of the barn while I was spraying. First one was Lobelia siphilitica (aka great blue lobelia, aka blue cardinal flower):

The other one was Eupatorium perfoliatum (aka common boneset, aka boneset, aka agueweed, aka feverwort):

Both are perennials and favor moist/wet soil. Hummingbirds and butterflies like them apparently.

I avoided spraying them and will transplant them to another area which should be suitable, along with the hemlock.

The large seed order (on right) came in the mail today:

Hopefully will be able to get the area(s) where they're going prepped in the next week or so and get at least get the "All Perennial" mix sown. I have lots of screened (native) topsoil piled up behind the barn, and if I need more there's always the dirt pile - it just needs screened.

The "Late Bloomer" and "Partial Shade" mixes both contain annuals ... so they probably won't get sown until after the weather turns cold (after the first killing frost - so that they won't germinate until spring) Which is not an issue, as I still have a good bit of prep work to do for several of the areas.

Be interesting to see how the wildflower project turns out.

Got the go ahead on second part of other neighbor's project and it has actually expanded beyond what we had originally discussed. So will have to devote some time to that in the coming days.

Finished up the day by doing some more mowing on the west side of the house, almost done with that ... which is a good thing, because tomorrow the lower front will need to be mowed ... again ...

Hope everyone had a great Friday ...